23.01.2010.By Jim Muir BBC News, Baghdad
The Americans see the row as a threat to Iraq's national reconciliation.
US Vice-President Joe Biden is visiting Iraq in an attempt to mediate in a political crisis over candidates for the crucial general elections in March.
More than 500 have been banned so far, on suspicion of loyalty to Saddam Hussein's dissolved Baath Party.
The dispute has caused bitter recriminations among Iraqi politicians.
The Americans are eager that the March elections should be as smooth as possible, as they will start pulling out all their combat forces soon after.
So they see the row over disqualifications as a threat to the national reconciliation they are desperate to foster.
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